News Desk

NATIONAL

LAHORE: Voices of concern are being raised in the bureaucratic circles over the candidacy of Establishment Secretary Ismail Qureshi, the prime minister's only choice, for the rector of the National School of Public Policy (NSPP), which is an apex public sector institute for training the highest echelons of the civil service and senior executives from the private sector.<br />It appears that the nomination of Qureshi, already on extension after his retirement, is set to sail through

NATIONAL

KARACHI: Sindh Wildlife Minister Dr Daya Ram Essrani has gifted nine precious hunting peregrine falcons, recovered by his department during a raid, to an Arab dignitary who is reportedly a close frien

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Upper House of parliament on Wednesday stood divided on attending a dinner hosted by President Asif Ali Zardari as 21 Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) legislators

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh on Wednesday said the government also needed to put its own house in order by reducing non-development expenditures and cutting the size of the federal cabine

Business

LAHORE: Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) Chief Executive Officer Saadat Muzaffar has said that Punjab has developed infrastructure for the facilitation of foreign investors. PBIT provides t

Sports

LAHORE: Pakistan's suspended Test captain, Salman Butt, has turned to a United Kingdom based lawyer of Indian origin to represent him in the spot-fixing case. Salman Butt's lawyer Aftab Gul confirmed

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD: As Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh on Tuesday told Senate that there was no other option but to implement the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the General Sales Tax (G

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD: Distancing itself from Interior Minister Rehman Malik's recent statement in which he tacitly absolved India of involvement in terrorist acts on Pakistani soil, the Foreign Office on Monday

LAHORE

LAHORE: More than dozen businesses are in full boom because of weddings going on in the city, people associated with businesses told Pakistan Today on Monday. <br />The businesses include marriage halls, tailoring, catering, jewelers, decorators, cooking, rent-a-car, movie making, photography, flowers, generators, chicken, mutton, rice, naan and milk selling. People associated with these businesses said their sales and demand have increased at least three times.<br />The wedding

Business

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Hafeez Shaikh said the reformed General Sales Tax (GST) would not be a catalyst for further inflation in the country."The RGST will not trigger inflation; no go

KARACHI

KARACHI: In order to enlist help in carrying out raids to curb the illegal selling of Dreambox across the country, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (PEMRA) has written letters to Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).<br />Dream box and revolving dish are equipments smuggled from India which allow free 'Direct to Home' (DTH) access to all the channels in the world. <br />"A complaint was filed by Cable Operators Assocation

LAHORE

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday directed federal government to raise at international forums the issue of hosting blasphemous material against prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Holy Quran on Faceboo